The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Ep. 229: Descartes's Rules for Thinking (Part Three)

Concluding René Descartes's Rules for Direction of the Mind (1628). We finish rule 12 through the end, talking about simples, the faculties of intuition and judgment, perception and imagination, necessary vs. contingent truths, and how to do Cartesian science, including what constitutes a "perfectly understood problem." Start with <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2019/11/04/ep229-1-descartes/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">part one</a>, or get the full, ad-free <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2019/11/04/ep229-descartes-citizen/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Citizen Edition.</a> <a href="http://www.partiallyexaminedlife.com/support" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Please support PEL!</a> End song: "Perfect Design" by Ian Moore, as interviewed on <a href="http://nakedlyexaminedmusic.com/nem94-ian-moore/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nakedly Examined Music #94</a>.

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